Competitions 2025-26 - Bedford Chess Club

There are four main club tournaments, Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 and Rapidplay. Historical records may be viewed here.

Please email the game controller with the dates and results of your games unless he is at the club himself and has clearly picked up the information. The game controller can be contacted here.

These tables will be kept updated both here and on the club noticeboard. Any mistakes or updates, please reply below or let Paul or me know – Ed.

Division 1 – Rook Trophy


D1 25-26	PH	JG	SL	JH	AM	MB	SP	RB	RD	NC	sb	Total
Paul Habershon											0	0
James Gardner											0	0
Steve Ledger											0	0
Jack Hale											0	0
Abigail Mangarayi											0	0
Michael Botteley											0	0
Steve Pike											0	0
Richard Bodily											0	0
Ramsey Dairi											0	0
Nick Collacott											0	0

Relegation: 3 down.

Time limit: 1h 20m for all moves with 10s increment throughout. Set via Mode 18.

Schedule: games should be played in the given month, or as far in advance as you wish.


Round	Month	D1 25-26 Pairings
1	October	PH v NC	JG v RD	SL v RB	JH v SP	AM v MB
2	November	NC v MB	SP v AM	RB v JH	RD v SL	PH v JG
3	December	JG v NC	SL v PH	JH v RD	AM v RB	MB v SP
4	January	NC v SP	RB v MB	RD v AM	PH v JH	JG v SL
5	February	SL v NC	JH v JG	AM v PH	MB v RD	SP v RB
6	March	NC v RB	RD v SP	PH v MB	JG v AM	SL v JH
7	April	JH v NC	AM v SL	MB v JG	SP v PH	RB v RD
8	May	NC v RD	PH v RB	JG v SP	SL v MB	JH v AM
9	June	AM v NC	MB v JH	SP v SL	RB v JG	RD v PH

Division 2 – Knight Trophy


D2 25-26	RMa	RMc	PG	JG	RW	GG	AP	CS	DC	LC	KK	sb	Total
Rishik Madhadi												0	0
Richard McMorran												0	0
Peter Gill												0	0
James Grimditch												0	0
Robert Walker												0	0
George Griffiths												0	0
Alex Potts												0	0
Callum Shields												0	0
David Cox												0	0
Lucian Cox												0	0
Krzysztof Kapustynski												0	0

Promotion/relegation: 2 up/4 down

Time limit: 1h 20m for all moves with 10s increment throughout. Set via Mode 18.

Schedule: games should be played on one of the given dates, or as far in advance as you wish.


Round	Dates	D2 25-26 Pairings
1	Oct 2, 9, 16	RMa bye	RMc v KK	PG v LC	JG v DC	RW v CS	GG v AP
2	Oct 23, 30; Nov 6	AP bye	CS v GG	DC v RW	LC v JG	KK v PG	RMa v RMc
3	Nov 13, 29, 27	RMc bye	PG v RMa	JG v KK	RW v LC	GG v DC	AP v CS
4	Dec 4, 11, 18	CS bye	DC v AP	LC v GG	KK v RW	RMa v JG	RMc v PG
5	Jan 8, 15, 22	PG bye	JG v RMc	RW v RMa	GG v KK	AP v LC	CS v DC
6	Jan 29; Feb 5, 12	DC bye	LC v CS	KK v AP	RMa v GG	RMc v RW	PG v JG
7	Feb 19, 26; Mar 5	JG bye	RW v PG	GG v RMc	AP v RMa	CS v KK	DC v LC
8	Mar 12, 19, 26; Apr 2	LC bye	KK v DC	RMa v CS	RMc v AP	PG v GG	JG v RW
9	Apr 9, 16, 23, 30	RW bye	GG v JG	AP v PG	CS v RMc	DC v RMa	LC v KK
10	May 7, 14, 21	KK bye	RMa v LC	RMc v DC	PG v CS	JG v AP	RW v GG
11	May 28; Jun 4, 11, 18	GG bye	AP v RW	CS v JG	DC v PG	LC v RMc	KK v RMa

Division 3 – Bishop Trophy


D3 25-26	RB	WS	AA	CH	AE	MD	NW	DD	FG	DP	JG	sb	Total
Romeo Barbarino												0	0
Wolf Sharp												0	0
Andy Avern-Love												0	0
Cedric Hylton												0	0
Andy Evans												0	0
Mahmoud Dairi												0	0
Nigel Walker												0	0
Daniella Dairi												0	0
Francesco Graf												0	0
Doug Page												0	0
James Goodman												0	0

Promotion: 2 up.

Time limit: 1h 20m for all moves with 10s increment throughout. Set via Mode 18.

Schedule: games should be played in the given month, or as far in advance as you wish.


Round	Dates	D2 25-26 Pairings
1	Oct 2, 9, 16	RB bye	WS v JG	AA v DP	CH v FG	AE v DD	MD v NW
2	Oct 23, 30; Nov 6	NW bye	DD v MD	FG v AE	DP v CH	JG v AA	RB v WS
3	Nov 13, 29, 27	WS bye	AA v RB	CH v JG	AE v DP	MD v FG	NW v DD
4	Dec 4, 11, 18	DD bye	FG v NW	DP v MD	JG v AE	RB v CH	WS v AA
5	Jan 8, 15, 22	AA bye	CH v WS	AE v RB	MD v JG	NW v DP	DD v FG
6	Jan 29; Feb 5, 12	FG bye	DP v DD	JG v NW	RB v MD	WS v AE	AA v CH
7	Feb 19, 26; Mar 5	CH bye	AE v AA	MD v WS	NW v RB	DD v JG	FG v DP
8	Mar 12, 19, 26; Apr 2	DP bye	JG v FG	RB v DD	WS v NW	AA v MD	CH v AE
9	Apr 9, 16, 23, 30	AE bye	MD v CH	NW v AA	DD v WS	FG v RB	DP v JG
10	May 7, 14, 21	JG bye	RB v DP	WS v FG	AA v DD	CH v NW	AE v MD
11	May 28; Jun 4, 11, 18	MD bye	NW v AE	DD v CH	FG v AA	DP v WS	JG v RB

RapidPlay

Games in the Rapidplay can be played at any time; please make your own arrangements. Colours are by lot but it is permitted to play the same person twice, alternating the colours, in the same evening if you like.
Please report any results promptly to Paul or write them on the club noticeboard. Your name will be added here on the website grid only when you have played a game.

The time limit is 25 minutes per player with a 10-second increment throughout. This can be programmed in the fixed Mode 16 of the digital clocks.
The winner of the tournament will be the player with the best Tournament Performance Rating from a minimum of ten games.

September 2025 rapidplay ratings will be used to calculate TPR. Results will be sent for ECF rapidplay rating.


	Rating	Total	TPR	PH		RMc
P_Habershon	1996	1				1
R_McMorran	1619	0			0
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